Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-14
GEN. MAHOAE AND THE BLAIR ELL.
HIS REPORT ON THE EIGHT-HoUR
LAW.

ASSUME ludJ you VIII give INC
space to correct one of the most
audaciOus Misrepresentation ever
attempted in political wartare.-
This is that General Malone was
ever opposed to the Blair School
Bill. General Malone was second
on the Senate Committee of Educa-
ton and Labor, and as such presid-
ed over its action in the absence of
It's chairman. To this committee
the original Blair Bill was referred,
and General Malone actively and
zealously cOncnrred in reporting il
favOrably. As soon as @ printed
copy of the measure could be prOcar-
ed, General Malone sent 10 to me, re-
questing me to publish 1t IN the Whiq
and adrOcate Il. This | did-the
Wing being the first paper IN Vir-
ginia to publish the measure and
give it unqualified support. Not
only so, but from the first until l
withdrew from the Wing, with the
close OF the year 1886, that journal
urged the Blair Bill IN season and
out of season with all its energy.
Now, as the Wing was in those
dayscalled "MahOne's mOuthpiece,"
perhaps the Mahonephobians will
agree that he advocated the bill IN
Virginia, but insist that he oppos-
ed it at Washington. In that case,
let them ask Mr.. Blair, the author
of the bill, who will cheertully tes-
tify that he had no more active
friend in getting his measure
through the Senate than General
Malone, Notwithstanding he may
have privately expressed some APP
prehensiOn that its appropriations
might not be fairly applied by the
Southern Democrats.
In the campaigns of 1882, 1883,
and 1884. in all his speeches to the
people, and in all his published let.
tiers, campaign documents, etc,
General Malone made the Blair
Bill a prominent topic. advocating
it vigorously; and it was he who
had prepared, printed, and distrib-
uted those detailed statements for
every city and county of the Com
mOnwealth, setting forth VIII at
share each would receive under the
Blair Bill, and the increased num-
Der of free schools that would there
by be established.
And now, forsOoth, the enemies
of the bill-the party that refused
to give the bill even hearing in
the House of Representatives
through four consecutive sessions,
when it was twice passed by the
Senate these INSCRIPTIONS falsi-
fiers of all they touch, have the i'm
pudence to assert that General Ma
hone was an enemy of the bill
which they did to DEATH
A twin falsehOod is that General
Malone was the foe of labor in the
Senate. To this 1t is enough to re-
ply that he prepared and presented
an able and elaborate report in be-
half OF the eight-hour law, and in
favor of paying all Government en-
plOveeS for all work over eight
hours per day since the original
passage of the measure.
w. G. ELAN.
The above is a very emphatic
contradiction of a staten ent made
Ivy me over a year ago aud frequent
~ repeated since in these columns.
Mr.. Elan could not possibly have
known all the facts. He knows
that the owner of the Wing gave |
him directions, and that he follow
ed them as he states.
The Blair Bill, like all such !
appeared in more shapes
than one. And | state again, from
personal knowledge, after confer
ence with General Malone in his
committee, within five minutes be-
fore the voting, that bill as amend
ed and perfected by a majority of
The Senate-the bill which passed,
was sent to the House of Repre-
and which is now being
discussed before the country-was
not only opposed, but denounced
by General Malone with such rude
ness to me that / forebOre to visit
his committe room afterwards.
1t is proper to state that l had
been requested by several senators
% see General Malone and / re-
ported to them the result. l am
almost sure Senator Blair was one.
At any rate, General Malone re.
NAMED there, Gin ear short" of the
oil call, and permitted himself to
De marked "absent."
General Malone was an earnest
advocate Of a bill which would dis
purse the fund through federal
but the bill which passed
be Senate he denounced as a meas
Ire that would do the schools no
good, but would simply place that
much money in bourbon hands to
corrupt and carry elections. Not
outstanding these conclusive
measures If well founded, two years
alter General Malone voted for the
)ill.
There was no one present in the
room during the brief
ak between General Malone and
myself. When, therefore, he shall
leny these statements over bis own
lame the people can judge between
Is as to the authorship of "auda.
iOus Misrepresentation"
reiterate these statements in
indication Of my oft repeated as.
ertions, and to aid, as far as such
acts may, in eliminating a man as
II issue and substituting broader,
igher and weightier questions so
hat the Republican party may
ave a chance OF success.
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